Bartolo da San Gimignano
Bartolo da San Gimignano | |
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| Born | 1228 San Gimignano, Siena, Republic of Siena |
| Died | 12 December 1300 (aged 72) San Gimignano, Siena, Republic of Siena |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 April 1910, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius X |
| Feast | 12 December |
Bartolo da San Gimignano (born Bartolo Buonpedoni; 1228 – 12 December 1300) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Bartolo was born to nobles near Siena and fled home to become a priest to escape his father's wrath. He tended to poor people in the streets and used his income to provide alms to them and to alleviate their suffering while himself contracting a disease from working with the poor and succumbing to that same disease as a result.
His beatification received approval from Pope Pius X on 27 April 1910.